Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-12-03
Agreeable People.


We all mean to be agreeable, but
most of us do not get any further
than the intention, Some people are
naturally of amiable dispositions,an
it comes very easy for them to be
agreeable, but the majority have not
dispositions of this kind, and to these
people it is somewhat more difficult,
Agreeable people are always very
pleasant people to meet. We always
feel at ease with them. We haven't
the least fear of their commenting on
every slight mistake we may make.
They are always welcome addition to
any assembly, and their company is
always in great demand. We never
hesitate to ask a favor from them, for
we are confident that, if in their
power, they will certainly grant it.
1t may be at great deal of incon-
venience to themselves, but that
doesn't matter, for such people very
rarely think of self. Their thought
fulness for others and the forgetful-
ness for self are their chief charms.
They are always studying every
body's comfort, and are ready at any
moment to do just what person
most wants done. These people are
never hatterers. We would soon
weary of them if they were, for an
incessant fiatterer is of all things the
most wearisome. Nor do they tell
us disagreeable truths under the
guise of being called honest.
Oh" says some of these would
be honest people, Ialways say what
l think l am perfectly outspoken ;
| don't believe in thinking one thing
and saying another; l believe in be-
ing honest" 1t never occurs to them
that what they term honesty may APP
pear, and very often is downright
rudeness. They really haven't the
least intention of being rude; they
generally mean well and believe they
are honest in saying just what they
think. They have not the least idea
that they annoy anybody by theil
seeming honesty. They areas rule
thoughtless people, who believe thai
if they are not outspoken they may
be called deceitful, which, to be sure
they never are. Whatever else these
people may be they are not hypo
critics in any sense of the word: they
are very good people in their way
nevertheless they are seldom agree
able. When they attend gathering
at the house of a friend they are yer.
apt to speak right out whatever is il
their minds, and frequently offend
some one by their thoughtlessness
The hostess is seldom at ease while
guest of this kind is in the house
She is always afraid of something un
pleasant happening. e1p
Frequently a woman says, 1 d
like Mrs. B., she is Outspoken
shouldn't have dared to say what sh
did to Mrs. X, yet Pm gla,
somebody told her her own; it wa
the truth, anyhow" She cultivate
Mrs. BIS acquaintance, and in
very short while is treated to a dos
of the same kind of medicine as ths
administered to Hrs. k. Sh
. very soon comes to the conclusio
y that Mrs. B is not as pleasant
companion as she could wish, and
does not take long time to convinC
y her that outspoken people are not a
ways the most agreeable ones.
Agreeable people are not as plent
full as they should be, and the MOI
we have Of them the better. The
;. are always the right people in ii
right place. Always ready and viii
ing to help any and everybody WI
desires their aid. Thoroughly III
selfish, their whole thought appea
u to be for the comfort of others.